The Alliterative Revival

by Thorlac Turville-Petre

Informative study of the 14th-century revival of alliterative poetry which culminated in the major masterpieces of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Piers Plowman.

The revival of alliterative poetry in the fourteenth century, which culminated in the major masterpieces of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Piers Plowman, poses many problems for the historians of literature. As a result, the poems have tended to be studied in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859910199
• ISBN13: 9780859910194
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"